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delvryboy

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I'm getting ready to finally put a whs box together and had a couple of questions.

I was just about to pull the trigger on a pair of WD20EARS, but read that there were some problems using these. Is that still the case? Whats the best recommended 2TB's?

Also, I bought my WHS over a year ago, but never got around to the build. Will I be able to update it to PP3, or will I have to purchase all over again?
 
Yes you can update it to PP3 still.

I have 4 of these http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barra...4CY6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294891497&sr=8-1

I have not had any issues with the drives at all. I updated them all to the latest firmware before installing. There is no issue using them as they don't have Advance Format.

Seagate drives have a bad rap for some reliability issues they had a while back. However, I'd never had any issues. I was running 4 1 TB Seagates for 2.5+ years before these with no issues.

I got the 2 TB drives for $69.99 each around black friday :)
 
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The 2Tb Samsung F3s have been great for me. A little harder to get now. YOu can get the Samsung F4s and realign sectors, but others have reported no problems using them in the Storage Pool.

Yes, PP3 will update. Its just like a Service Pack.

What drive configuration do you have in mind?

I am building another WHS box and here's what I have planned.

OS - 320GB Samsung F4 (still 512b sector). Remember, the OS drive should ideally not be used as part of the storage pool so you don't need a large drive for the System drive.

Storage Pool - 4x 2TB Samsung F4s
 
A WD 320gb blue for the OS and 2 2TB to start. After I have everything transfered over, I'll add another 2 1TB F3's to the pool.
 
It looks like I can jumper the EARS drives, since I'm only using them for the pool.
 
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Yes you can update it to PP3 still.

I have 4 of these http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barra...4CY6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294891497&sr=8-1

I have not had any issues with the drives at all. I updated them all to the latest firmware before installing. There is no issue using them as they don't have Advance Format.

Seagate drives have a bad rap for some reliability issues they had a while back. However, I'd never had any issues. I was running 4 1 TB Seagates for 2.5+ years before these with no issues.

I got the 2 TB drives for $69.99 each around black friday :)
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Best part, those drives are the same price as Amazon ($90) at BestBuy right now for the retail version, with the 5-year warranty.
 
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Also, I'm pretty much just using it for back-ups, so I was thinking of maybe running FreeNAS or server 2008 and jbod.

Any input on that?
 
K, plans changed and are more definite.

I'm going WHSv1, Athlon x2 3600, 2GB PC8500, MSI 785G

I turned the EARS over and have 4 x 2TB F4's an 1 x 1TB F3 for storage.

The question I have now is the OS drive. I have a 320GB WD that's going on 4 years old, and a new WD 640GB Black. I know the 640 is overkill on size, but it's new and I don't have any other use for it currently. Is it a complete waste to use it for the OS?
 
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